title: Charge transfer reactions along a supramolecular redox gradient.
abstract: A rotaxane scaffold is used to align three photo/electroactive units along a supramolecular redox gradient leading to a cascade of through-space charge transfer reactions.
authors.affiliation: Center of Excellence for Nanostructured Materials, Italian Interuniversity Consortium on Materials Science and Technology, Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy. amateo@units.it
authors.forename: Aurelio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mateo-Alonso
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ehli
authors.forename: Dirk M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Guldi
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prato
mesh_terms: D004583:Electrons; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D000075163:Metallocenes; D008665:Metalloporphyrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010782:Photolysis; D043862:Rotaxanes / Q000737:chemistry; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared
chemical_list: D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D037741:Fullerenes; D000075163:Metallocenes; D008665:Metalloporphyrins; D043862:Rotaxanes; D012428:Ruthenium; C069837:fullerene C60; C004998:ferrocene